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<blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 6208684" data-attributes="member: 6688937">As other have mentioned...I don't see very much in the way of &quot;dealbreakers&quot; in the way the playtest shook out, but I also don't see very much in the way of &quot;dealmakers&quot;, either. I've picked up 13th Age, and honestly, I like a lot of its solutions better than the way 5e is going. (Not that 13th Age doesn't have its own problems, either.) I really find myself in a bit of a quandry for a system to run a &quot;D&amp;D&quot; game. Nowadays, I like light games and while 5e seems lighter than the recent editions...it still has plenty of fiddly (which would be okay if it yielded a lot of bang per fiddly, but I don't see that it does.) I'm not really into the whole FFV thing, but I also don't really enjoy the fantasy superhero vibe that seems to pervade 4e and 13th Age. I wish more game systems could find a way to play in that middle ground.&nbsp;So I look at FATE, which can do a traditional D&amp;D type game...but its not really its wheelhouse. Dungeonworld is very promising, but seems a bit rigid on the classes/character development thing. (I haven't gotten to play enough of it to be certain of that.)I dunno. I'll probably end up playing 5e at some point, but I'm not exactly thrilled by it right now. ($35/book would put it out of my &quot;on a whim&quot; range, too.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ratskinner, post: 6208684, member: 6688937"] As other have mentioned...I don't see very much in the way of "dealbreakers" in the way the playtest shook out, but I also don't see very much in the way of "dealmakers", either. I've picked up 13th Age, and honestly, I like a lot of its solutions better than the way 5e is going. (Not that 13th Age doesn't have its own problems, either.) I really find myself in a bit of a quandry for a system to run a "D&D" game. Nowadays, I like light games and while 5e seems lighter than the recent editions...it still has plenty of fiddly (which would be okay if it yielded a lot of bang per fiddly, but I don't see that it does.) I'm not really into the whole FFV thing, but I also don't really enjoy the fantasy superhero vibe that seems to pervade 4e and 13th Age. I wish more game systems could find a way to play in that middle ground. So I look at FATE, which [I]can[/I] do a traditional D&D type game...but its not really its wheelhouse. Dungeonworld is very promising, but seems a bit rigid on the classes/character development thing. (I haven't gotten to play enough of it to be certain of that.) I dunno. I'll probably end up playing 5e at some point, but I'm not exactly thrilled by it right now. ($35/book would put it out of my "on a whim" range, too.) [/QUOTE]

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